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Descendants of James Renney

Generation No. 1

1. JAMES² RENNEY (WILLIAM¹) was born May 01, 1789, and died August 29, 1878 in Trevorton Northumberland PA. He married ANN BELL May 07, 1816 in Long Benton England.

Notes for JAMES RENNEY:
JAMES RENNEY, deceased, was the pioneer of Trevorton. He was born in England, about the year 1788, and in 1830 immigrated to this country and first settled in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, but soon after removed to Sunbury, where he became acquainted with Hugh Bellas.

About 1883 this gentleman with Burd Patterson and others employed Mr. Renney to take charge of the Gap coal veins near the site of Trevorton, his duty being to develop the coal lands and hold possession of them. He at once removed his family to the place, and built the house he lived in at the time of his death, August 29, 1878.
When Mr. Renney settled at what is now Trevorton his nearest neighbor was a mile distant and the nearest store was at Sunbury, twelve miles distant. As soon as the coal veins had been fully located the work of laying out the town began. Hospitality was one of the leading traits of his character, and for years their lonely house was the headquarters of all who visited that region.
Mr. Renney married Ann Bell, May 7, 1816, at Long Benton, England; she survived him, dying June 9, 1886, in her ninetieth year, at the residence of her son-in-law, William Foulds, of Trevorton.
Their descendants are fourteen children, eighty-four grandchildren, and over one hundred great-grandchildren. Eleven of their descendants served in the Union army, their son, James B., dying at Yorktown of disease contracted in the service.
In all relations of life both Mr. and Mrs. Renney were honorable, upright, and charitable, and to him is largely due the early growth and development of the town of Trevorton.

PIONEERS. The first house in the township was built by William Cressinger about 1800, and occupied the site of the Pennsylvania House at Trevorton. John Fleming, George Eyster, Michael Solomon, and James Renney were also among the pioneers.
Mr. Renney was born in England in 1788 and came to America in 1830. He first located at Pottsville, but removed to Sunbury soon afterward; in 1833 he established his residence at the site of Trevorton, where he was resident agent in charge of the coal lands for some years. After the founding of the town he became an influential and prominent citizen, and lived to an advanced age.

WILLIAM FOULDS, Sr., proprietor of the Union House, was born at Tupton Moor, North Winfield parish, Derbyshire, England, in 1833, Son of Thomas nd Dorothy (Metcalf) Foulds. His early life was spent in England, where he followed mining, and in the employ of his father, who was engaged in the manufacture of coke for some years previous to his immigration to the United States in 1849. Mr. Foulds's entire business transactions, prior to the death of his father, who came to Trevorton in 1851, were confined to his business, as he was connected with him in all his enterprises. On the death of his father in 1876 the hotel in Trevorton passed to him, since which time he has given that business his sole attention. Mr. Foulds was married in 1855 to Eliza B., daughter of James Renney, the pioneer of
Trevorton, and by this marriage they have had sixteen children. Those living are: George; M. Eliza, wife of Peter Badman; Mary A., widow of S. N. Derrick; Susan, wife of Thomas Moore; Alice E.; Sophia J.; Martha B.; Florence J., and Thomas J. In polities Mr. Foulds is an independent voter. He is a member of Trevorton Lodge, I.O.O.F., and Augusta Encampment.

Children of JAMES RENNEY and ANN BELL are:

	i.	JANE³ RENNEY, b. March 15, 1817.
	ii.	WILLIAM RENNEY, b. August 24, 1819.
	iii.	HANNAH RENNEY, b. July 29, 1820.
	iv.	ANN RENNEY, b. September 01, 1822.
	v.	JAMES RENNEY, b. February 12, 1824.
	vi.	MARGARET RENNEY, b. November 06, 1825.
	vii.	JAMES BELL RENNEY, b. November 08, 1828.
2.	viii.	REBECCA RENNEY, b. April 18, 1833, Treverton Northumberland PA.
	ix.	JULIA ANN RENNEY, b. 1863; d. 1895, Greenwood Cemetery, Treverton, Northumberland Pa; m. CHARLES NELSON MORGAN.
3.	x.	ELIZA B RENNEY, b. Abt. 1835.

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